The Burning Cross

A Daring Expose of the K.K.K.

Duration: 77 min
Release date: 1947-09-01
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Recently returned from WWII combat, unable to find a job, finding his sweetheart engaged to another man, and generally aware of the changes which have occurred in his hometown while he was away, a young man becomes easily talked into joining the Ku Klux Klan. Banned by the Virginia Board of Censors, and financed independently because no bank would loan money for it.

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The Burning Cross

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